Dyeing-machine



H. M. DUDLEY. DYEING MACHINE. APPLICATION man NOV. 21, 1919.

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PATENT OFFlCE.

HOWARD M. DUDLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DYEING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application filed November 21, 1919. Serial No. 339,659.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Howinn M. DUDLEY. acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia.county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Dyeing-Machines, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to dyeing machines and refers particularly tomachines suitable for the dyeing of skeins.

One object of my invention is a device whereby skeins of fiber may betreated equally and evenly by a circulating dyeing liquid and wherebythe condition of the fiber may be determined without opening the entireapparatus or removing all or the skeins therefrom.

In the modified forms of the device of my invention, shown in theaccompanying drawings, similar parts are designated by similar numeralsFignre 1 is a vertical cross-section of one form of my device.

Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section through the line of Fig. 1 showing the arrangementof parts in the propeller chamber.

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 show ing the arrangement of partsin a modification of the propeller chamber.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of through the line 2-2 a section onthe line 6-6 of ii 7 is a fragmentary horizontal section of the devicesshown in Fig. 8. showing the distributing feed plates.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section of a modification of my device with apropeller at each end thereof, with parts removed.

The particular form of my device, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. comprises a receptacle formed by the sides 10. 11, 12, 13, 14and 15, the top 16 and the bottom 17. A partition 18. having the twoseries of openings 19, 19, and 20, 20. extends between the sides 14 and15, the top 16 and the bottom 17 dividing the receptacle into apropeller chamber 21 and a dyeing chamber 22. Fixedly attached to theinterior face of the side 10 is the plate 23, having a lower flange 24.Fixedly attached to the face of the partition 18 is a plate 25 extendingbetween the sides 14 and 15. having a flange 26. a series of openings27, 27 in alinement with the openings 1.9, 19 and a series of openings28. 28 in alinement with the openings 20, 20. Spaced from the side 14and supported thereto by the brackets 29, 29 is a plate 30 having theflange 31. Spaced from the side 15, and supported thereto by thebrackets 32, 32 is a plate 33 having a flange 34. Carried by the flanges24, 26, 31 and 34 is a toraminous plate 35. The plates 23, 25, 30 and 33and the toraminous bottom 35, therefore, form a dye box open at the top.

Between the openings 28, 28 of the plate 25 extending between the sides18 and 33 is a series of plates 36, 36 extending inwardly and thendownwardly. A similar series of inwardly and downwardly extended plates37, 37 is positioned upon the opposite side of the device between theside 14 and the plate 30 and between the corresponding openings in theplate 25. Corresponding inwardly and upwardly extended plates 38, 38 areupon each upper side of the device be tween the openings 27, 27 of theplate 25. A series of brackets 39, 39 aid in the support of the dye box.

Capable of placement within the dye-box is a toraminons plate 40.Capable of suspension below the i'joraminous plate 40, is arod-supporting member comprising the two parallel bars 41, 41 havingoppositely opposed openings 42, 42 for the insertion of rods 43, 43.

In order to remove one oi the skeins of fiber to determine its dyedcondition without removing all of the skeins, oppositely opposed slots44, 44 are made within the two bars 41, 41. The bar 45 connects the twomembers 46, 46 fitting in cut-out portions of the foraminous plate 40and resting upon the plates 30 and The members 46, 4'6 having thedownwardly extended members 47. 47, having oppositely opposed openings48, 48 carrying the rod 49. The removal of the bar 45 will thereforeremove the rod 49 from the dye-box without removing the rods 43, 43.

Directly over the bar 45. and to allow the removal thereof, there is anopening 50, covered by a lid 51, hinged at 52 and capable of beingmaintained in closed position by. a series of clamps 53, 53.

A series of chains 54, 54 connect the top 16, the toraminous plate 40and the rod-supporting members so that they may all be re movedsimultaneously.

The construction of the propeller chamber 21 is shown in F igs. 1 and 3,the inner construction thereof being such as to allow oi the freemovement of the liquid from the openings 20, 2O upwardly into theopenings 19, 19. The member 55, concave upon its one face, carries theelliptical shaped mem ber 58. The member 59 is concave on its in norface and the member 11 is also concave in its upper inner face. Situatedwithin the space formed by the elliptical members 56 and 58 is a liquidpropeller 60, fixedly mounted upon the revoluble axis 61, having thepulley 62 capable of revoluble movement. The blades of the propeller 60are so an ranged as to draw liquid from the bottom of the propellerchamber and discharge it in wardly into the upper portion of thepropeller chamber.

The operation of the device is as follows Skeins 100, 100 are placedupon the rods 43, 4-3 which are inserted within the openings 42, 42. Askein 100 is placed upon the rod 49 which is inserted within the openinga8. These slreins with the rod-supporting member, the foraminous plate40 and the top 16 are then lowered into position and the top clamped on,the proper dyeing liquid having been previously introduced into thereceptacle. The propeller 60 is then started, which draws the liquidthrough the spaces between the plates 36, 36 and 37', 37 through theopenings 28, 28 and 20, 20 into the lower portion of the propellerchamber, thence upwardly and through the openings 19, 19 and 27, 27 andinto and through the spaces be tween the plates 38, 38. The liquid isthus passed continuously downwardly through the foraminous plate 4-0,the skeins and the foraminous plate 35, the plates 38, 38 causing aneven distribution of liquid into the top of the receptacle and plates37, 37 and 36, 36 causing it to be taken equally from the variousportions of the bottom of the receptacle.

When it is desired to determine the condition of the skeins, thepropeller 60 is stopped, the lid 50 opened and the rod e5 withdrawn thusalso withdrawing the shein 100' for e:-:- amination.

The modification shown in Fig. l is of the same construction as thatpreviously described except that the propeller 60 is replaced by a pairof propellers 63 and 64, the members 56 and 58 are replaced by themembers 65 and 66 and the inwardly extended members 67 and 68 areintroduced to allow a free movement of the liquid.

The operation of this modification is simi lar to that described above.

The modification shown in Figs. 7 and 8 is of the same construction asthat shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 except that it has a propellerchamber and a propeller at each end. These chambers are similar inconstruction and similar parts are designated by similar prime numerals.Between the openings 28, 28 of the plate 25 is a series of: distributingfeed plates 36, 36 extending inwardly and then nownwardly, a similarseries of plates 70, 70 being between the open ings 28 28 of the plate23. Corresponding inwardly and upwardly extended plates, similar toplates 38, 38 of Fig. 2, are upon each upper side of the device betweenthe upper openings 27, 27 and 27 and 33.

In this modification the propellers 60 and 60 draw the liquid betweenthe spaces between the plates 36, 36, 70, 70 into the propeller chambers21 and 21', thence through the openings 19, 19, 19, 27, 27, 27, 27',into and through the spaces between the up-- per plates, the liquid thuspassing downwardly through the device and the fiber therein.

I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number orarrangement of parts described and shown, all of which may be variedwithout going beyond the scope of my invention as shown, described andclaimed.

What I claim is V 1. In a dyeing machine, in combination, a closedreceptacle, a dyeing chamber within the receptacle and spaced therefrom,the dyeing chamber having a foraminous top and a foraminous bottom, apropeller chamber connecting the upper and lower chambers formed by thetops and bottoms of the receptacle and the dyeing chamber, a revolublepropeller within the propeller chamber, a series of openings connectingthe side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and thereceptacle with the lower portion of the propeller chamber and a seriesof openings connecting the side cham bers formed by the sides of thedyeing chamber and the receptacle with the upper portion of thepropeller chamber.

2. in a dyeing machine, in combination, a closed receptacle, a dyeingchamber within the receptacle and spaced therefrom, the dyeing chamberhaving a foraminous top and a foraminous bottom, a propeller chamberconnecting the upper and lower chambers formed by the tops and bottomsof the receptacle and the dyeing chamber, a revoluble propeller withinthe propeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambersformed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with thelower portion of the propeller chamber, a series of openings connectingthe side chambers formed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and thereceptacle with the upper portion of the propeller chamber and a seriesof chambers within the side chambers connected with thepropellelnchamber.

3, In a dyeing machine, in combination, a

27 of the plates closed receptacle, a dyeing chamber within thereceptacle and spaced therefrom, the dyeing chamber having a foraminoustop and a foraminous bottom, a propeller chamber connecting the upperand lower chambers formed by the tops and bottoms of the receptacle andthe dyeing chamber, a revoluble propeller Within the propeller chamber,a series of openings connecting the side chambers formed by the sides ofthe dyeing chamber and the receptacle with the lower portion of thepropeller chamber, a series of openings connecting the side chambersformed by the sides of the dyeing chamber and the receptacle with theupper portion of the propeller chamber and a series of inwardly anddownwardly extended plates from the above openings and Within the sidechambers.

Signed at Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Wassachusetts,this 15th day of November, 1919.

HOWARD M. DUDLEY.

